After getting out of her truck to argue with sheriff’s deputy Chris Bieze, she challenged him to shock her with a Taser gun – so he did.

He had initially pushedher, to get her out of way of passing traffic, prompting her to ask: “You’re going to shove a 72-year-old woman?”

WHen he told her, “If you don’t step back, you’re going to get Tased”, she replied: “Go ahead, Tase me. I dare you.”

Video has emerged showing Bieze using the Taser and Winkfein hitting the ground and moaning in pain.

Travis County sheriff Greg Hamilton has now issued a statement, saying: “I do not personally agree with the actions of the deputy constable as they are shown in the video. When I look at the video I am in awe of what happened.”

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Winkfein was eventually charged with resisting arrest, an offence punishable by up to a year in jail and fines up to $4,000.

Winkfein has insisted: “I wasn’t argumentative, I was not combative. This is a lie.”